The New York State Perinatal Quality Collaborative (NYSPQC) is an initiative led by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Division of Family Health (DFH). The NYSPQC aims to provide the best and safest care for women and infants in New York State (NYS) by collaborating with birthing hospitals, perinatal care providers, and other key stakeholders to prevent and minimize harm through the translation of evidence-based practice guidelines to clinical practice.

The current intervention projects of the NYSPQC focus on:

Improving the identification and management of maternal hemorrhage and hypertensive disorders;

Improving patient education on the expected risks and benefits of scheduled delivery before 39 weeks gestation;

Optimizing early enteral nutrition in newborns of <31 weeks gestational age to minimize discharge from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) below the 10th percentile on the Fenton growth scale; and